After nearly two years of renovations through COVID, including a glass conservatory addition, with all of the trials and tribulations that came with this project such as local agency approval delays, labor and material issues, a flood, and our GC actually passing away early in construction unfortunately, we are finally…mostly…done. The results are what we imagined and hoped this historic preservation and renovation project would be…home!
Read MoreEveryone knows construction projects tend to take longer and cost more. The real world tends to work nothing like HGTV!
Read MoreDemo day has come! We’ve finally begun the process of bringing our 275 year old house back to live.
Read MoreThe name, Gaia’s Way Farm, might seem odd and even unpronounceable to many, but it has a deeper meaning.
Read MoreWhile there may not be much visible happening on the house, we’re hard at work behind the scenes. Today we dip our toe into the interior design.
Read MoreWe’e been doing some building forensics on the house and have discovered it’s been keeping secrets from us.
Read MoreI want a chicken-dragon for Christmas!
Read MoreIt’s raining. Inside. What are we going to do?!
Read MoreThe backstory on Lia and Mary Jane’s love affair with old farms.
Read MoreWe don’t just have a house. We have outbuildings!
Read MoreFind out why it took over a year for us to close, and why buying a derelict farm in a government surplus auction is the furthest thing from straight forward.
Read MoreTake a tour of the house with our intended plans for each room.
Read MoreWe are planning to document the whole process of fixing this place up, from the amazing finds in dusty corners, to the painful approvals processes (we have no less than six different government organizations that require signoffs) to how and why we will be selecting the green/healthy/local materials that we do. We invite you to join us on this adventure as we will appreciate all the cheerleading we can get!
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